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It was one month after the events of Sora and his friends' endeavors to stop organization XIII. The king mickey had returned to his queen and castle along with the trusted knight and court wizard. Sora and Riku had returned home to the islands after defeating Xenmas in one final battle and discovering the door to the light. Although things were suppose to return to normal, one boy has been restless and decided not to join his friends today.

Sora rested on his bed, holding his hand up examining it. He held in it a blue sphere, the boy watched as the last rays of the sun went through it, giving it an ethereal sparkle. Bringing his arm back down, he leaned forward and looked out his window. He could see the island that he and his friends would go to play at. Normally he would be over there also, but today, he just wasn't in the mood. He rose from his bed and placed the sphere on his model ship that hung in the center of the room. There were four dolls placed in it. One was a brunette boy with unruly hair and red clothes, himself. The one next to it had red-headed girl with white&purple clothes, Kairi. The two other dolls were in the crow's nest. The first one was a blonde girl wearing a white dress, Naminè. Beside her was the last doll. His spiky hair was blonde and he wore a black cloak, Roxas.

Sora studied at the doll, as if seeing if it was going to say a few wordss. He picked it up and placed it on a small table beside his bed. He also brought the sphere from the boat and put it next to the doll. The boy plopped onto his bed, his head resting on his hands. He stared down onto his chest. More or less, into it; his heart. The final events in the world that never was suddenly flashed in his mind. He closed his eyes, as if trying to see them better.

He was there, along with Donald, Goofy, King Mickey, Riku and Kairi. Xenmas had been defeated. It was time to leave, A portal to the world of light opened up in front of the group. Donald and Mickey went to investigate it. Though the king had no clue as to where it came, it was worth a try. Out of nowhere, Pluto, the king's dog, appeared and ran a circle around him before entering the portal. "Wait for me!" Goofy yelled out, hobbling after him and through the portal. Mickey followed the knight, Donald shouted for them to hurry before leaving them.

There were only three people left, or in a sense, five. Sora, Kairi, and Riku all stood side-by-side in front of the portal. There was a girl standing in front of them. Blonde-haired and wearing a white dress, it was Naminè. The girl approached them as if saying a last goodbye. "Thank you, Naminè." Kairi said in a low voice. Naminè looked over at Sora and smiled. "See, we met again. Just like we promised." Sora stared at Naminè for a moment, confused. He heard a voice deep inside his heart. It belonged to someone, but not him. "You said that we'd meet again." Sora looked down at his heart, trying to figure out who owned that voice. He lifted his head and found a boy standing in front of him. It was Roxas. "I think I understand now, I see myself the way you remember me, and you see yourself the way I remember you." Naminè nodded and smiled again, "I thought we nobodies were doomed to fade back into darkness." Roxas brought his hand up to his heart, "But you and I didn't. We got to meet our original selves." "So, that means we can still be together!" He stepped beside her and nodded, "Right, anytime Sora and Kairi are together."

Kairi nodded also and looked at Sora, "And we'll be together every day, right Sora?" Sora was a tad surprised by the comment and almost lost his balance, "um...yeah!" he watched as Kairi extended her hand to Naminè. She accepted it as a golden light surrounded them both. In a few moments, it ceased, and Naminè was no longer there. Only Kairi, examining herself to see if anything had changed. Sora stared at her, both confused and shocked. "Look Sharp!" Roxas said to him. He turned to face Roxas as the both of them began to be enveloped in a blue light. Now Roxas was no longer there, now inside of him. Riku stepped forward and reassured them, "Don't worry, you're all still you." Kairi stepped forward also, though into the portal. Sora and Riku looked at each other and nodded. When they started walking towards it something happened, it was closing. Kairi called out to the both of them before the portal had shut on the two, sealing them into the realm of darkness.

The Alter of Naught started to shake. It was falling apart, the whole castle. They caught a glimpse of the emerald core in the distance. From it came a gigantic metallic dragon, its cry was filled with its fear and rage of the two people still there. Resting inside the dragon's head was a man covered from head to toe in armor. It was Xenmas, still alive. The Alter started to tilt, carrying the boys with it. Riku looked around hastily, looking for something he could use, he found it. A small aircraft with a circular platform on its side bearing the nobody symbol. He hurried to his feet and jumped off the Alter. Sora called out to him, trying to figure out what he was trying to do. He found him in the small aircraft, motioning for him to get on. Sora nodded and hopped on one of the rail of the alter, then jumping onto the circle. Riku flew them under the dragon as the both of them drew their weapons. It seems, their battle wasn't over just yet.

"Sora! Dinner's ready!" He opened his eyes lazily, trying to recognize who's voice that was. It was his mother, calling from the kitchen.
Once again, he glanced over at where he placed the blue sphere and doll. Rising from his bed he picked up the sapphire sphere and placed it in his pocket. He felt around under his bed and produced the pair of shoes that he wore in his last adventure. "'K Mom! Be down in a bit!" He slipped on his shoes and took one more thing off from the stand, a tiny blue cube.

When he arrived at the kitchen, he found a woman placing the plates down onto the table. Her burgundy hair fell to her waist, and her blue eyes shined just as much as Sora's. She wore a red blouse and blue jeans. Sora sat himself at the side of the table, "So what are we having tonight?" His mother smiled at him and placed his food in front of him, "Steak." He nodded and picked up the fork&knife beside the plate, "My favorite! Thanks Mom!" She smiled warmly at her son and sat at the head of the table, "You know Sora, I probably would believe you if you didn't say that about everything I cook." Sora grinned from ear to ear at his mother, "What can I say? Everything you cook is just so good I can't decide, so I just pick all of them!" She shook her head and ruffled the boy's hair. He shook his head sharply and put on a stern face, which in Sora's case; goofy. His mother laughed at him and gave him a small shove.

They ate in silence for a while, he put his hand inside his pocket, fumbling around aimlessly for something. He placed his fork down and told his mother he was done eating, she nodded to him and took his plate to the sink. "Mom, is it ok if I spend the night at Kairi's?" Once again she nodded, "Just remember not to try anything sneaky." Withdrawing his hand from his pocket, he placed them behind his head and grinned. "Like what?" "I don't know, maybe making me one of the youngest grandmothers on the islands." "Like I would do that!" she chuckled to herself as she turned on the water. "Oh right, I forgot. You need to be one of the sharper knives in the drawer to do stuff like that." Sora was walking to the door leading to the living room and frowned when he realized what that comment meant.

The boy scanned the living room, looking for something specific. The big screen T.V., He had bought from the rest of his munny that he earned from defeating heartless, sat quietly in the back corner. About ten feet away from it was the long couch, curved as if to crowd around it. A painting of a dove in flight rested on the wall right behind him. His ears pricked up at the sound of something. What could it be? He closed his eyes for a moment, trying to filter the noise. When it came to him his eyes widened as he gasped, "Oh no, I forgot!" Sora dashed to his red backpack that was laying down carelessly beside the front door. While he had searched frantically for the zipper, small impacts and cries for help rose from the bag. Unzipping his backpack slightly, two small heads poked out from the opening.

They were chipmunks. One had on a black jacket with a white feathery collar, while the other merely wore a yellow hawaiian shirt covered in a pattern of red flowers. The first one had a small black nose and its incisors were neatly next to each other. The second's red nose and bucked teeth gave it a more goofy appearance. The both of them were gasping for breath. Sora gave a small grin and unzipped it all the way. "Sorry Chip!" He said as he glanced over to the black-nosed chipmunk. Turning his head to the red-nosed chipmunk, he apologized also. "Sorry Dale!" Chip shook his head and jumped out of the backpack. "Sorry? Do you know what it's like to be trapped inside a book bag for a whole weekend?" Sora shook his head and brought his hands up in defense upon hearing this, "I said I was sorry!" The chipmunk sighed and shook his head. "You know Sora, you could have at least let us out around evening or something." Dale tried to jump out of the backpack, but stumbled and rolled down it, landing on the carpet on his bottom and a small thud. "Yeah Boss! Don't you ever study?" Sora scratched his cheek and looked around aimlessly, "Well..." Both of the chipmunks shook their heads at the keyblade master that stood in front of them and whispered to each other in unison, "Thought so." Sora shook his head and lifted the mini duo in each hand. He told them his destination and to hop on as he lifted Chip to his hood, and Dale to his shirt pocket. Picking up his backpack, he pushed open the door and headed out.

The evening sun still hung in the horizon, as if it wasn't going down without a fight. Sora walked nonchalantly along the roads of Destiny islands, small neighborhoods were scattered here and there. The grassy fields and hills all took a pinkish appearance to the twilight hour. He could see the beach not too far off from where he was. The waves gently rolled onto the sand. Their sounds softly went into the trio's ears, soothing them, as if a lullaby. Sora took the sapphire orb from his pocket and once again held to the sun. He watched as the sphere began to emit a golden sparkle from the sun's light. For a few moments, he stood there, moving the sphere while watching the light inside it to move along with it.

Suddenly, his serenity had been shattered by an unutterable smell. Sora threw down his backpack and staggered, almost throwing Chip&Dale out of their resting places. "Whoa! What is that?" Chip wriggled out from his hood and onto his shoulder, "What's what Sora?" The boy lifted his nose in the air, now trying desperately to find the stench and to either eliminate it or to avoid it at all costs. His nose rested at the source on the ground, his backpack. Carefully, he unzipped the outermost compartment. His eyes started to widen and tear, while his nose flared up, as if in pain. "What happened to my backpack?" Chip shook his head and climbed down to Sora's shirt pocket, where Dale was dozing off peacefully. He shook the chipmunk sharply, waking him up. Dale came around lazily. Yawning and stretching as if he had a good night's sleep, Although he merely had been asleep for ten minutes. "Huh? What? I miss something Chip?" Sora looked down at his shirt pocket, listening in to the chipmunks little conversation. Chip shook his at his friend upon seeing him fully awake. "I told you to go before we left!" Dale stared at him for a few moments, blinking from time to time, obviously confused. His eyes widened as he gasped, "Well I couldn't help it! Sora had us locked in there for two and a half days straight!" Chip sighed and pointed upwards, "Oh well. go tell Sora you're sorry." Dale nodded as the two of them climbed up to the boy's collar.

Sora's eyes were wide, his left eye twitched slightly. The red-nosed chipmunk stuttered on what to say, "Well, hm, Boss, I...got something to tell ya." Chip folded his arms and frowned, "Out with it!" Dale sighed and scratched behind his head. "Really sorry, but, I kinda used the bathroom in your book bag."Sora shook his head, the truth was now hitting him. "My books, my geometry in English books, my sketchbook... Ms. Creshan's gonna kill me." Dale shook his head and patted him on the shoulder, "Well it's not so bad, I chewed a hole through it and went inside an empty compartment." Sora sighed and zipped back his bag. "No problem Dale. I'll just get another backpack in town, its not like Kairi's house isn't that way anyhow." He unzipped another compartment and pulled out several books. Four were his Geometry and English textbooks and their respective notebooks, the fifth book being his sketchbook. He divided the both of them under his arms and started walking towards town, leaving his soiled backpack on the ground. Chip&Dale went back to their respective spots. Chip sat atop Sora's shoulder, getting a view of their little trip while Dale stretched and yawned once more before heading back to sleep. Sora gave one last glance behind him at the setting sun before heading into the urban area.

Well, that's it for my first chapter! If you're wondering why Chip&Dale are with Sora, or why Dale calls him boss, I'll be saving that for later. >.> Sorry if some of the words in the Naminè&Roxas scene aren't exact, but I believe its pretty close to being on the mark. Also, sorry that things didn't pick up yet, chapter 2 or 3 should be where it will.